The Winter of the Witch
core novel 2019 The Winternight Trilogy
Record
| First published | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.48 (93,733 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 400 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781101886014 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
This third volume of the Winternight trilogy opens in medieval Rus after Moscow has survived both fire and a siege, with a golden bridle tied to the mythical Firebird recovered from the ruins. Vasilisa "Vasya," a young noblewoman with the rare gift of seeing spirits invisible to others, becomes the target of the priest Konstantin, who stirs a mob into accusing her of witchcraft and of setting the city ablaze. Forced to flee her home, Vasya is pursued into the wilderness and eventually falls into the hands of the Grand Prince of Moscow. Her fate becomes bound to Morozko, the frost-demon and death-god whose power is waning, and to his chaos-bringing twin Medved, as an old quarrel among immortal beings threatens to engulf the human world along with the supernatural one.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Winternight Trilogy
- Series: The Winternight Trilogy core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Katherine Arden
Awards (verified)
- Hugo Award (Best Series), 2020: nominated; Series-level nomination for the Winternight trilogy as a whole; recorded against the completed series' final volume per this canon's series-award convention.
Notes
- From the series record (The Winternight Trilogy): Core Canon = all 3 novels of the completed trilogy (Del Rey, 2017-2019).
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Winternight Trilogy: position 3 of 3: previous The Girl in the Tower (2017)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Winternight trilogy
- sfadb: Katherine Arden
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winter_of_the_Witch
- The Hugo Awards -- 2020 Hugo Awards
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